geocentric

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   treating Earth as the center, especially in an astronomical model of the universe

   The geocentric model places Earth at the center while the sun and planets move around it.

2. 2
   adj

   measured or described relative to the center of Earth

   The satellite's position was converted into geocentric coordinates.

Formed from geo- ("Earth"), from Greek ge ("earth"), + -centric, from Greek kentron ("center, sharp point"). It names both Earth-centered cosmology and modern coordinate systems whose origin is Earth's center.

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